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‘I’m staying in politics but don’t know where’

GOLDEN Isles MP Vaughn Miller said he intends to remain in front-line politics, but he’s mulling over whether to remain independent or become aligned with another party.

Haitian man on passport charges

A HAITIAN man was charged with 18 counts of fraud yesterday for obtaining a valid Bahamian passport using forged documents.

All set for a Junkanoo party

WITH the 2019 Boxing Day Junkanoo parade hours away, members from the leading Junkanoo groups across New Providence say they are ready to rush on Bay Street and wow spectators with their various themes.

25-year-old accused of stealing from Mr Ship It

A MAN was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday, accused of stealing more than $14,000 from his employer, Mr Ship It. Lavaughn Cooper, 25, pleaded not guilty after Magistrate Andrew Forbes read out the 14 counts of stealing by reason of employme

Armed man robs family of five

A family of five in Nassau was robbed of cash, jewelry and other personal items on Monday morning. According to police, the armed robbery happened shortly after midnight when the family, an adult man, a woman and three juveniles, arrived at a reside

PLP defends social security plan in wake of IDB report

ENGLERSTON MP Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday chastised the government for scrapping a $5m welfare reform project “without just cause”, calling it proof the government is more committed to “gimmicks” and “politically sexy” interventions than alleviating human suffering.

UPDATED – Accuweather SkyGuard SEVERE Weather Warning: Heavy rain for Freeport

Showers and a thunderstorm will continue through this afternoon.

Maynard: We’ll still have load shedding

BAHAMAS Electrical Workers Union president Paul Maynard believes load shedding at Bahamas Power and Light will still occasionally happen until an additional 90 megawatts of generation is brought on stream.

Haitians caught in joint op

NEARLY 200 Haitian migrants were apprehended during a joint operation by law enforcement officers in waters off Inagua.

Nygard to escape prison sentence

CANADIAN fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s three -month prison sentence for publishing sensitive emails stolen from a local advocacy group has been stayed out of fairness to allow him to appeal his conviction.

AG: Bar Council should stop acting politically and admit two African lawyers

ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel said the Bahamas Bar Council should stop acting “politically” and admit two Africans working in senior positions at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to the Bahamas Bar.

‘PLP tried to buy the 2017 election’: Bannister accuses Christie regime of spending millions

Minister of Works Desmond Bannister yesterday accused the Christie administration of trying “to buy an election” through doling out “tens and tens of millions of dollars” in contracts and jobs just 24 hours before it was voted out of office in May 2017.

Man ‘serious’ after shooting

A MAN is in hospital after he was shot on Friday. Shortly before 9pm, a man was in the area of a business on Monastery Street off Bernard Road, when he was approached by a gunman who shot him. The injured man was taken to hospital by EMS where he is listed in serious but stable condition.

Two dead after traffic accidents

Police are investigating two traffic fatalities that occurred over the weekend.

Police investigate after woman found dead at Chub Cay home

Police are investigating after a woman was found dead at a house on Chub Cay on Saturday.

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